As far as living legends go, Nina Hartley could give Zelda a good run for her money as the queen of our collective joysticks.
The story of the film was intended to mirror an earlier time in porn that Nina Hartley was intimately familiar with and having her on set provided the cast and crew with an excellent resource capable of lending their own performances a greater level of realism than would ever have been possible without her efforts.
From 1981—2000, Hartley was involved in a relationship with a man and a woman.